Dr. Ira Byock - The Best Care Possible, What It Is and How To Get It
- When
- Thu Mar 29, 2012
- Where
- Louis B. Mayer Theatre - Santa Clara University
- Time
- 7 pm
- Tags
- Health & Wellness, Medical Conferences/Conventions
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Dr. Ira Byock, Director of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; Professor of Anesthesiology and Community & Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School; Author, The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of LifeDr. Dale Larson, Professor of Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University- Moderator
As one of the country’s leading palliative-care physicians, Dr. Byock explains why the way we die is among the biggest national health crises facing us today. He describes what palliative care really is and addresses the economic, ethical and systematic challenges of our current health-care system.
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